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If asked to name the states where gas prices are highest many of us could easily name Hawaii, New York, California and Connecticut, where notoriously steep taxes keep gas prices extremely high, but most of us would probably overlook Vermont, which has the sixth highest average price of gasoline in the U.S.

Frankly, it's puzzling because Vermont's combined gasoline tax (44.5 cents per gallon) puts it among the lowest tax rates of the states populating the list of the 10 highest gas price averages. So why are Vermont's retail prices so high?

That's what Senator Bernie Sanders, a member of the U.S. Senate Energy Committee, wants to know. He's especially interested in learning why some distributor-owned-retail operations in...

Glad to see somebody is looking into these obscene profits and price manipulation/fixing. The simplest thing to do would be to look at all the deregulation of the oil markets that happened over the last 20 yrs or so. There were mechanisms put in place after the 1970's "oil crisis" most of these controls have been eliminated or weakened so much that they have no effect. The answer to problem is in our recent past.

If there were not so many government regulations and the dollar was tied to something with actual value (not just the full faith & credit of the US government), then prices would be lower. Plain and simple.

What happens over a good portion of the year (when the "summer-blend" is in place) is that the gasoline that's being sold in the Burlington area is different (by law) & more expensive than gasoline that's sold in more rural areas of VT.

Gasoline prices can vary a lot even across the rest of Chittenden county in VT. Winooski has usually been a place to get cheap gasoline, while parts of Burlington & South Burlington have usually had more expensive gasoline. People need to shop around & not be so loyal to a particular brand name.

We do not need more or less government. We need a government that steps in when we, the people, get the short end of the stick. As is the case here. Fortunately for us Vermonters we have a politician who understands that. And I thank him for that.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) investigates gasoline price irregularities? And what is Bernie going to find out what other investigators and states have not been able to find out? Just make Bernie look good and nothing will come of the investigation or anything against Big Oil or Big Gas.There will Not be cheaper fuel prices in the US. More refineries are Not the answer, Stop exporting fuel is!Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, vehicle manufactures Produce and the population ‘Drives’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money.The price of fuel at the pump is too high!XII/XXII/MMXII!

Go Bernie! I saw someone say here that Indiana needs to be checked out. I would agree to that. While I have not lived there I have driven through Indiana many times and it seems that the price for gas is pretty much the same everywhere in the state. Ohio and Illinois have much more variation in prices and Ohio is much lower usually. In Massachusetts the variation now is approaching a dollar a gallon from the highest priced gas to the lowest in the state.